/fvn PARK. 



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JiJ not desert 

 purely I tali. in 

 ni . i d c I x . t h f 

 ell.--! .1 t .1 

 d i s t a n c i- is 

 -lightly Sara- 

 I -'nun the 

 yrand st.nrway. 

 rig south, is 

 .IN fine .1 p 



formal 

 n arr.li 

 ment as i.m be 



elsewhere 



in England. The 



whole i rM/> ,/'<// 



!> complete. 

 Successive 

 A.I\S and 

 h .1 1 u N t r a J e d 

 platforms 

 drop d o \v n 

 through cedars 

 and pines to the 

 lower gardens. 



the circular fountain basin being immediately at the foot 

 <>t the stairway, and an immense lower terraced garden, with 

 perfectly formal bedding, and a semi-circular sweep on either 

 side of balustrading, and another terraced slope, lead to the 

 parks and woodlands below. Beyond is the wooded valley, 

 and the timbered line of hills far beyond it, a representative 

 English landscape, in which, on the principle that all good 

 things go together, the splendid and extensive Italian 

 ns take their place as foreground with admirable 

 effect. The vast amount of building, the hundreds of 



THE LOWER TEMPLE. 



t h u s a n d S 

 oi viiNc yards 

 ..i earth re- 

 moved, and 

 the extent 

 walling and 

 terracing, 

 account in part 

 for the staff 

 of in i- us and 

 brick in .1 U' 

 kept on the 



estate, doing 



almost entirely 

 ornaiiK-nt.il, or 

 at any rate 

 non remunera- 

 live, work. 

 There are no 

 odd corners 

 at Slmiblaiul ; 

 e v e ' y side 

 was iared for 

 equally. The 

 east terr 



for instance, h.is its gushing fountain. (Jose by is a stone 

 terrace set with vases ; md st itiu-s down to the tern gat' -s. 

 made in a design admirably suited to the classical setting of 

 which they are an ornament. It will be seen that at a greater 

 distance from the house, and lower d.iwn the slope, the garden 

 architecture assumes a lighter character. Pierced parapets 

 take the place of the heavier balustrades. The garden-houses 

 have Anglo-Italian liniaN and decoration and ll.it p-erced work, 

 and children and cupids replace adult gods and goddesses and 

 classic busts. This is seen in the view of the panel garden 



THE EAST TERRACE. 



